Envelope file or the like



Feb. 24, 1931. M. KLJNE ENVELOPE FILE OR THE LIKE Filed Nov. 30, 1928Patented Feb. 24, 193i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v I KOBRIBKLINE, OFCLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIOL 4 ENVELOPE m on. man Lnm Application filedNovember 30, i928. Serial, no. 322,824.

This invention had its conception in the thought of roviding aconvenient file for returned chec s or vouchers and in which theenvelopes, wherein the checks or vouchers are mailed or delivered eachmonth by the bank, are utilized as parts of the file. From the followingdescription, however, it will be obvious that the invention issusceptible to a. much wider range of use.

The primary purpose of the invention is to provide a file comprising areceiver or cover, in the nature of a so-called loose-leaf binder,incorporating anchorage elements, such as filing osts, rings, or theirequivalents, and a plurality of attachin devices by means of whichenvelopes may e readily connected to the anchorage elements.

In the event the file is used for return checks or vouchers, asoriginally intended, the receiver or cover may be such a capacity aswill accommodate twelve full envelopes and be equipped with acorresponding number of attaching devices. With each receiver er cover,marked with the year, may be supplied a series of stickers bearing thenames of the months, so that each envelope may be labeled to indicatethe month to which its contents belong.

Other objects of the invention are to provide, in combination with asuitable receiver or cover having anchorage elements, very simple andinexpensive attaching devices that may be readily applied to standardenvelopes for connecting them in an especially facile manner to theanchorage elements.

Several embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings which constitute a part hereof and, with reference thereto,Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an envelope file embodying theinvention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section through thefile, a part of the envelope appearing in the view being torn away tobetter reveal the associated attaching device; Fig. 3 is a sectionaldetail on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinalsection through a file to whose bindmg posts is connected an envelope bymeans of another form of the attaching device.

The receiver or cover is designated generally by the reference numeraland it may be of any desired construction and of any suitable material.In the present instance the receiver or cover is made of a single pieceof flexible material, such as leather, or a good quahty of imitationleather. On each side of a back portion 2 the material is foldedinwardly and then back upon itself to provide reentrant portions 3, andanchorage elements or binding posts 4, which may be any of the wellknown types suitable for the purpose, are supported by and between thereentrant portions 3. The material is extended beyond the reentrantportions 3 to form covers that are desi nated 5. 10 denote envelopeswhich may e of standard desi n and construction. They are preferably 0heavy tou h paper, and may belike those used by ban s for returning paidchecks or vouchers to depositors. The envelopes are adapted to .beconnected to the anchorage elements 4 by means of attaching deviceswhich, in the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, aredesignatedll and consist of pieces of resilient wire that are shaped attheir ends to form loops 12 and hooks 18, the latter being designed toembrace the anchorage elements 4.

To connect an envelope to a receiveror cover 1 by means of an attachingdevice 11, the envelope is cut or torn to form, adjacent the ends of itsside remote from the flap 14, slits 15, and the attaching device is theninserted into the envelope sothat the hooks 13 extend through the slits15. The hook 13at one end may then be engaged beneath one of theanchorage elements 4 while the hook at the op osite end is sprunginwardly, as indicated by dotted lines in Fi 2, so that it can be passedbeneath the ot er anchorage element the resiliency of the wire causingthe hook to engage beneath the anchorage element when released. Theloops 12, by contact with the folded ends of the envelope, prevent theenvelope from shifting longitudinall of the attac ing device to anyappreciab e extent.

By the means above described a plurality of envelopes may be easily andquickly connected to the receiver or cover and each may manently securedto the receiver or cover since it is not necessary to remove the same inconnecting and disconnecting the envelopes.

In Fig. 4, the attaching device 11 is shown again as constructed of apiece of wire that is formed at its ends to provide rings 13 forapplication to the anchorage elements 4, said rings being extendedthrough holes or slits 15 that are produced by tearing or cutting offthe corners of the envelope.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is I 1. In combination,a receiver incorporatin spaced-apart anchorage elements, an enve opeprovided with similarly spaced openings in one of its folded edges, anda member adapted to be inserted within the envelope and havin partsarranged to be extended through said openings and that are adapted to beengaged with and disengaged from the anchorage elements by movements,two of which are longitudinally of said member with respect to saidelements.

2. In combination, a receiver incorporatin spaced-apart anchorageelements, an enve ope provided with similarly spaced openings in one ofits folded edges, an attaching device inserted within the envelope andhaving parts extending inwardly of said enve ope for engagement withparts of the envelope to prevent longitudinal movement of the latterwith respect to the device and other parts arranged to extend outwardlythrou h said openings for cooperation with t e anchorage elements.

' 3.-In combination, a receiver incorporating spaced-apart anchorageelements, an envelope provided with similarly spaced openings in one ofits folded edges, an attaching device inserted within the envelope andconsisting of a wire whose ends are so shaped as to form loops forengagement with the inner surfaces of the ends of the envelope and otherparts that are arranged to extend through said openings for holdingengagement with the anchora e elements.

4. In com ination, a receiver incorporatin spaced-apart anchorageelements, an enve ope provided with similarly spaced openings in one ofits folded edges, an attaching device inserted within the envelope andconsistin of a wire whose end portions are so shape as to form loops forengagement with the ends of the envelope and whose extremities areextended through said openings and formed into hooks for holdingengagement with the anchorage elements, said hooks yielding with respectto the body portion of the device to permit of their connection with anddisconnection from said elements.

5. In combination, a receiver incorporating spaced anchorage elements,an envelope having openings at the ends of its side remote from itsflap, and a wire adapted to fit within said envelo e and formed at itsends to extend throug said openings and having holding engagement withsaid anchorage elements and to so cooperate with contiguous parts ofsaid envelope as to prevent longitusignature.

MORRIS KLINE.

